CV of Prof. Dr. Ing. DRISS OUAZAR (June 2006) Surname: Driss Name: OUAZAR Current nationality: Moroccan Previous nationality: Moroccan Date of birth: 23/12/53 Town and country of birth: Azrou, Morocco Gender: Male Scientific field: Water Resources Modelling and Simulation Position / Title: Professor, Head of LASH Contact address (institution): Avenue Ibn Sina, B.P. 765 Agdal, Rabat, Morocco Phone: 0021261146248 Fax: 0021237778853 E-mail: ouazar@emi.ac.ma Candidate's Details Degrees held: 1977 Civil Engineer, Hydraulics Ecole Mohammadia dIngnieurs, Rabat, Morocco 1983 Doctorate (PhD) Hydromechanics, Luick University, Belgium Professional Appointments: 1989-? Professor of Civil Engineering, Head of LASH: HydroSystems Analysis Laboratory, National Research Council Associate Laboratory 1987-1989 Professor of Civil Engineering, Head of the Hydraulics Department. 1983-1987 Senior Lecturer at Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingnieurs , Head Hydraulics Department 1978-1983 Research Assistant at Lige University, 1977-1978 Teaching Assistant at Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingnieurs Membership of science academies and professional societies: International Association for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM), Association Franaise dIntelligence Artificielle (AFIA), Association des Ingnieurs de l'Ecole Mohammadia (A.I.E.M.), Member of the National Committee, Head Continuing Education Sec tion (1984-1987), International Society of Computational Methods in Engineering (I.S.C.M.E.), Member since 1986), International Association of Hydraulic Research (I.A.H.R.), International Water Resources Association (I.W.R.A.), International Association of Boundary Element Method (I.S.B.E.M). Awards and honours:

2002 Prix Hassan II pour lEnvironnement 1995 Best Paper Revue Marocaine du Gnie Civil Year Book 1994- 96 International Council of Scientific Unions, COSTED 1993 STAP Roster of Experts Global Environmental Facility, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, UNEP Citation of major research accomplishments: SWIMED: SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL AQUIFERS : Recharge Assessment and Modelling Issues WADI: Water supply watersheD planning and management: an Integrated approach INCO-Med, Commission of the European Communities. PARS CNR: Ralisation dun systme dalerte en cas de crues ou rupture de barrage. CRUCID: Modlisation numrique des crues via le Calcul Intensif Distribu, Concerted Action, EU-DGIII, DGXII/Task Forces. ESIMEAU: Apport des Technologies de lInformation A la gestion et a la Modlisation des ressources en eaux en Zones Semi-Arides, INCO -DC Project of European Communities, FLAUBERT: Flood in Arid Units By Earth Remote Techniques; Developing of remote Sensing Techniques for Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal distribution of Hydrological Parameters in Arid Basins, INCO- DC Project of European Communities. PROTARS CNR Etablissement dun Systme dInformation Gographique des bassins versants Marocains et son intgration dans un Serveur Web, National research Council TWAS Nomination Form 2006 page 3 of 4 Biographical information Focus on water resources engineering modelling and simulation (Free surface as well as groundwater flow (hydrodynamics and contamination); Integrated Information Technology applications (Collaborative engineering, Geographic information systems, DBMS, Numerical modeling and optimisation, Knowledge based systems, WEB implementation, etc) to water and evironmental issues. Many publications in refereed journals and international conferences proceedings (see resum for details), Several international conferences with key note address. Co founder of a series of international conferences including the Computer Methods and Water Resources (launched from Morocco in 1988), International Conference on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers (SWICA), 2001, and many others. Coordinat ion and principal or co-principal investigator of many international proposal calls from European Union, US AID, Bilateral cooperation and national collaboration. International training courses on Computation Water resources in 1988, 1889 with US AID and IDRC, Integrated Coastal zone management, 1997 and 2001 with ICS and UNIDO. Supervision of more than 200 Graduations, 40 MS and 20 PhD theses Doctoral School on Water and Environment. Setting up of LASH laboratory.

Joint PhD supervision with Delaware University, USA, University of Missipi, USA, University of Hawai, USA, University of Exeter, UK, City Universy, UK, Wassex Institute of Technology, UK, INRIA, France, University of Pau, France, University of Barcelona, Spain, University of Granada, Spain. Development of an Integrated Platform for Engineering Problem Solving: Water Resources Applications. Sustainable Integrated Water Resources project for Souss-Massa, Agadir, Morocco. Edition of 20 books in Computational Water Resources. 10 book chapters. List of the candidate's 12 major publications: 1. Bear, J., Cheng, A.H.-D., Sorek, S., Ouazar, D. and Herrera, I., (eds.), SEAWATER INTRUSION IN COASTAL AQUIFERSCONCEPTS, METHODS AND PRACTICES, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 625 p., 1999. 2. Cheng, A.H.-D. and Ouazar, D. (eds.), Coastal Aquifer Management--Monitoring, Modeling and Recent Practices, CRC Press, 280 P, 1 CD ROM, 2004. 3. El Bayad, R.,Ouazar, D. Et al (2004): Systme dinformation Gographique / Systme de positionnement Global, DAI, US AID, 132p, 2004 4. Ouazar, D ., Ouattar, S., El Bayad, R. Et al (2004): Gestion Intgre des Ressources en Eau, , DAI, US AID, 2004 5. Ouazar, D ., Ouattar, S., El Bayad, R. Et al (2004): Les Outils dAide la Dcision pour la Gestion des Ressources en Eau, , DAI, US AID, 27p, 2004 6. Benkhaldoun, F., Ouazar, D, Raghay, S.(Eds) (2005): Finite Volumes for Complex applications, Hermes Science Publishing. 7. Cheng, A.H.-D., Burczynski, T. and Ouazar, D. (Guest Editors), SPECIAL ISSUE: OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, Vol. 19, No. 2, Elsevier, March, 1997. 8. Cheng, A.H.-D., Ouazar, D. & Konikow, L. (Guest Editors), TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA SPECIAL ISSUE ON SALTWATER INTRUSION IN COASTAL AQUIFERS, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 4, No 1, April 2001. 9. Cheng, A.H.-D. and Ouazar, D., Analytical solutions, Chapter 6 in SEAWATER INTRUSION IN COASTAL AQUIFERSCONCEPTS, METHODS AND PRACTICES, eds. J. Bear, A.H. -D. Cheng, S. Sorek , D. Ouazar and Herrera, Kluwer, pp. 163-191, 1999. 10. Ouazar, D. And Cheng, A.H.-D., Application of genetic algorithms in water resources, Chapter 7 in GROUNDWATER POLLUTION CONTROL, ed. K. Katsifarakis, WIT Press, pp 293-316, 2000. 11. A.H-D. Cheng, Benhachmi, M.K. , D. Halhal, Ouazar, D., A. Naji, , K. EL Harrouni (2004): Pumping Optimization in Saltwater Intruded Aquifers, pp 233-256, in Coastal Aquifer management--Monitoring, Modeling and Recent Practices, Editors A.H-D. Cheng and D. Ouazar, CRC Press 12. Bakkoury, Z., D. Ouazar and G. Walters (2004). EVAPRO: economic and financial evaluation of water supply projects, Journal of Hydroinformatics 6 (2004) 109-121